CHAMPION: Pottinger Wins 2012 US Curling Nationals

SKIP
Allison
Pottinger

Third
Nicole
Joraanstad

Second
Natalie
Nicholson

Lead
Tabitha
Peterson

Allison Pottinger (St. Paul, MN) won 7-5 over Cassie Potter (St. Paul, MN) in the Final of the US Curling Nationals, held February 11 - 18, 2012 in Philadephia, Pennsylvania.

Pottinger finished 8-1 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Pottinger defeated Aileen Sormunen (Duluth, MN) 12-2, then won 10-4 against Maureen Stolt (St. Paul, MN) and 10-5 against Alexandra Carlson (Wayzata, MN). Pottinger went on to lose 7-6 against Potter. Pottinger responded with a 5-3 win over Patti Lank (Lewiston, NY). Pottinger won 8-5 against Janice Langanke (Middletown, NJ), then won 10-5 against Kimberly Wapola (St. Paul, MN) and 7-3 against Erika Brown (Madison, WI). Pottinger won 8-0 against Becca Hamilton (McFarland, WI) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the US Curling Nationals Championship title, Pottinger earned 11.250 world rankings points, moving up 12 spots the World Ranking Standings into 50th place overall with 34.075 total points. Pottinger ranks 48th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 14.075 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

Brendan Bottcher (photo: Stan Fong) is moving on from now former teammates Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert, announced Tuesday.

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